Japanese Language Support?

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Dave Gutteridge wrote:

>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
> However, although I know I can choose Japanese as a language in the 
> boot screen, this makes the entire interface Japanese which is not the 
> desired result. Even though I could work in a Japanese OS environment, 
> I don't want to have to conform to the OS, I want the OS to conform to 
> me.
> Partly that's because I don't take orders from my computer. But also, 
> my Japanese is good enough to handle everyday commands. But if 
> something really weird and squiky happened with some kind of driver or 
> RPM setting or something, I don't want to have to be learning UNIX 
> commands and practicing Japanese at the same time.
> Nor is always logging out and back in really a feasible option either, 
> given the frequency with which I need to have both languages available.
>
> CentOS/Red Hat/Linux gives the promise of being able to do so, or so 
> it seems. So there's one of three choices:
> 1. I misunderstood the language settings potential, and perhaps 
> someone could correct me.
> 2. My system is not configured correctly, and perhaps someone could 
> help me correct the computer.
> 3. The feature has a significant bug which prevents it from operation, 
> and so perhaps someone could help me in reaching CentOS or Red Hat to 
> point out the bug.
>
> Unfortunately, this is one of those "deal breaker" situations. If I 
> can't get Japanese support, then CentOS will be a curiousity for me 
> while I mainly work in Windows. But if I can get Japanese support, 
> then I can start using CentOS as my main OS.
>
> I hope there's someone who understands the language settings enough to 
> keep CentOS alive for me.
>
> Dave


You can have multiple desktops with KDE & be logged in as different 
users (in shells) on different desktops (man su(1)). That *may* be all 
you need.


-- 
	William A. Mahaffey III
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	Remember, ignorance is bliss, but
	willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!


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